Alternative Surgical Anti-Reflux Procedures

xloma.fota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Alternative Surgical Anti-Reflux Procedures Via pubmed: dysphagia Zentralbl Chir. 2021 Apr;146(2):210-214. doi: 10.1055/a-1369-9732. Epub 2021 Apr 13. ABSTRACT Patient satisfaction when treated with acid-suppressing medication for chronic GERD disease is less than 70%. Surgical standardisation, centralisation, improved awareness of patient selection and new surgical methods have stimulated interest in surgical reflux therapy in recent years. Magnetic sphincter augmentation (MSA) seems to be a safe alternative to laparoscopic fundoplication, with reported complication rates of 0.1% and reoperation rates of 3.4% and is also effective (GERD-HRQL improvement from 19.9 to 4.1, p = 0.001 as well PPI cessation and pH normalisation in 79 and 89% of patients, respectively). Electric sphincter augmentation shows promising short-term results in small patient cohorts (92% symptomatic improvement). However, randomised controlled studies comparing these new techniques to the "gold standard" of laparoscopic fundoplication are still missing. PMID:33851383 | DOI:10.1055/a-1369-9732 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.